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    Short Stories in Chinese

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    Edited by John Balcom
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    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    On sale Jun 25, 2013 | 272 Pages | 9781101666869
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
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    A dual-language edition of Chinese stories—many appearing in English for the first time
     
    This new volume of eight short stories offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature from the world’s most spoken language, without having to constantly to refer back to a dictionary. 
     
    The stories—many of which appear here in English for the first time—are by well-known writers as well as emerging voices. From a story by Li Rui about the honest simplicity of a Shanxi farmer to one by Ma Yuan exposing the seamy underside of contemporary urban society, they are infused with both rural dialect and urban slang and feature a wide range of styles and points of view.
     
    Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language. 

    Note: For each short story in this eBook edition, the full English translation is followed by its original Chinese text.
    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    “O, Xiangxue” —Tie Ning (b. 1957), translated by John Balcom

    “The Ancestor” —Bi Feiyu (b. 1964), translated by John Balcom

    “Dog” —Cao Naiqian (b. 1949), translated by John Balcom

    “Plow Ox” —Li Rui (b. 1950), translated by John Balcom

    “The Mistake” —Ma Yuan (b. 1953), translated by John Balcom

    “Lanterns for the Dead” —Jiang Yun (b. 1954), translated by John Balcom

    “Greasy Moon” —Jia Pingwa (b. 1953), translated by John Balcom

    “Receiving the Precepts” —Wang Zengqi (1970–1997), translated by John Balcom

    Notes on Chinese Texts
    Copyright © 2013 by Edited by John Balcom. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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    A dual-language edition of Chinese stories—many appearing in English for the first time
     
    This new volume of eight short stories offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature from the world’s most spoken language, without having to constantly to refer back to a dictionary. 
     
    The stories—many of which appear here in English for the first time—are by well-known writers as well as emerging voices. From a story by Li Rui about the honest simplicity of a Shanxi farmer to one by Ma Yuan exposing the seamy underside of contemporary urban society, they are infused with both rural dialect and urban slang and feature a wide range of styles and points of view.
     
    Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language. 

    Note: For each short story in this eBook edition, the full English translation is followed by its original Chinese text.

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    “O, Xiangxue” —Tie Ning (b. 1957), translated by John Balcom

    “The Ancestor” —Bi Feiyu (b. 1964), translated by John Balcom

    “Dog” —Cao Naiqian (b. 1949), translated by John Balcom

    “Plow Ox” —Li Rui (b. 1950), translated by John Balcom

    “The Mistake” —Ma Yuan (b. 1953), translated by John Balcom

    “Lanterns for the Dead” —Jiang Yun (b. 1954), translated by John Balcom

    “Greasy Moon” —Jia Pingwa (b. 1953), translated by John Balcom

    “Receiving the Precepts” —Wang Zengqi (1970–1997), translated by John Balcom

    Notes on Chinese Texts
    Copyright © 2013 by Edited by John Balcom. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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